Fencemaker&#39;s tool



Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

UNETED STATES CHARLES T, BRANI-IAM, 0F VALLEY CENTER- TOVNSHIP, PAWNEECOUNTY, KANSAS.

FENCEMAKERS TOOL.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial Ito-521,822.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. BRAN- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at alley Center Township, in the county of Pawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fencema-kers Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination tools especially designed for fencemakers uses.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient tool of this character which may be used for splicing a broken fence wire, as a staple puller, a wire twister and cutter, and also as a hammer. Another object is to provide a tool of this character, which when the parts are assembled cooperate with each other to form a tool of compact and symmetrical appearance.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the tool constituting this invention shown applied in the position assumed .in the first step of splicing a broken wire;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view taken from the rear showing the tool in the position assumed after the wire has been spliced and before the tool is removed; 7

Fig. 3 is aperspective view taken from the front end showing the tool in the act of being used as a staple puller;

Fig. 4c is a side elevation 'of the tool head with the jaws shown in open position for use as a wire cutter with parts broken out and in section; and

Fig. 5 shows a front elevation of a spliced barbed wire which was accomplished by the use of this improved tool.

The tool constituting this invention comprises two jaw members 1 and 2, each of which is provided near its head end with a discoid portion 3. These discoid portions 3 bear laterally against each other and are pivot-ally connected by means of a pin 4. Each'of the members 3 is provided at its periphery adjacent the member carried thereby with a wire cutting notch 5 which notches are adapted to cooperate in sever ing strands of wire in a well known manner. These notches are so positioned that when the members 1 and 2 are opened as shown in Fig. 4, the notch in one member 3 will register with that in the other to form a continuous groove to receive the wire.

The member 1 is provided-with a handle portion 6 and member 2 with a similar portion 7 which handles extend from the mem bers 3v at points diametrically opposite the members land 2 carried by said discoid portions. v j v The member 1 has its discoid head portion 3 arranged with the outer face thereof flush with said portion, while the inner face of said portion is about one-half the thickness of said member 1 and the adjacent inner portion of the member 1 is curved to conform to the periphery of the discoid portion 3 carried by the member 2 which is similarly shaped to member 1 and receives the discoid portion 3 of said memher 1, so that the parts when pivotally connected as shown in the drawing, will provide a hammer head and handle of uniform thickness throughout as is shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. 7

The member 2 is provided at its front end with a conoidal-shaped portion 2, the apex 8 of which is eccentrica-lly disposed with respect to the aXis of the member 2, and is further extended obliquely to this axis, as shown, and is designed to be used' as a staple puller. The member 1 is provided at its head end with an annular flange to provide a. hammer head 9 which may be used for driving nails, staples, and for various other purposes. The hammer head 9 has a bore 10 extending transversely therethrough and is designed to receive a wire W to be used in tightening and drawing together tw'o ends of a broken fence wire or for twisting any wire to be twisted.

When this tool is to be used in connecting two ends of a broken fence wire to be spliced, the broken wires '11) have loops L formed at the ends to be connected and the wire W is engaged with said loops and secured thereto by twisting the. ends as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It is of course understood that the wire TV is first passed through the bore 10 in the member 1 before the ends thereof are secured in the manner 7 shown clearly in Fig. 2. As the wire W is wound on the drum, the ends of the broken Wire Will be drawn toward each other and when stretched sufiiciently taut may be secured by splicing wire shown at 12, which is passed several times through the loops L and secured by twisting the ends around the wires as shown in Fig. 5. After the broken Wire ends have been so spliced, the drum may be unwound from the Wire and said wire detached from the loops.

l Vhen this tool is to be used as a staple puller, the tine 8 is inserted through the staple S and the tool manipulated in the usual manner for extracting staples.

The manner of using the tool as a wire cutter is obvious by an inspection of 'Fig. 4: as has been fully described above.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will beiunderstood that any modifications Within the scope of the claimed invention may 'be made in the construction Without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

In a fence makers tool, a head formed at one end with a.conoida-l-shaped staple re mover, the apex of which is eccentrically disposed and extended at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of said head to form a staple-engaging member. I

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture hereto.

CHARLES r. BRANHAM. 

